Fernando García (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Fernando García (composer)

Chilean musician

Date of Birth: 04-Jul-1930

Place of Birth: Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Profession: composer

Nationality: Chile

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Fernando García (born in Santiago, Chile on July 4, 1930) is a Chilean composer.
Active since 1956 he has done orchestral music, chamber music, etc.
He studied with Juan Orrego-Salas and Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, among others.
His style is influenced by serialism and aleatoric procedures.
After the Chilean coup-d'état, he was forced into exile, first in Perú (1973-1979), and then in Cuba (1979-1990).
He also played a role in the beginnings of electroacoustic music in Chile, after a trip he made to France in the early 1950s where he heard musique concrete.In 2002 he received the National Prize for Musical Arts.